Horse-boot



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEo RIAH MILLIMAN, OF PALMYBA, NEW YORK.

HORSE-BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,447, dated December 14, 1880. I Application led May 2B, 1878.

` To all whom it may concern:

4 of New York, have invented an Improvement in Horse-Boots, ot which the following is a speciioation.` j

The object vof this invention is to reduce iniiammation in` horses feet and ankles, and to apply remedies yfor injuries of any kiud.

Boots haveheretoforebeen made for the ankles of horses, and in some instances sponge has been introduced in the same.

My invention relatesto a means for retaining the saturatedsponge in the proper place, and for holding-the boot in position without interfering with the freedom of movement of,

thejoints. v

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation ot the apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a section of the same.

The portion Aof the boot is of leather, rubber, or other iexible material, and it is adapted to fit at its edges over the upper part ot the hoof, and it is secured by straps B B, and

there is a space between the boot and the hoof, which is filled with sponge, c, or similar capillary substance, the same being threaded upon the spiral wire D, which serves to keep the sponge in its proper position and prevent the same becoming detached from the boot when the latter is removed from the hoof.

The upper part, E, of the boot or stocking extends up the leg any desired distance, and the upper buckle, B, connects the same around the leg, and the button at F connects the boots A and E, and prevents the latter Working up the leg.

Within the boot or stocking E there is a sponge or other similar capillary substance, and it is preferably strung upon a Wire, so as to keep it in its place within the boot.

The sponge is to be moistened with water, or with any desired lotion, according to the character of disease or injury to the foot or ankle.

The movements of the joints are not obstructed by this boot.

URIAH MILLIMAN.

Witnesses:

C. B. BOWMAN, H. F. OULvER. 

